He told the US and Japanese sailors at the US Yokosuka naval base in Tokyo Bay that the US wanted peace

But he warned that the country would be 'ready' to retaliate if North Korea attempted any kind of attack

At the same time defense secretary Jim Mattis, who is in the Middle East, said Kim Jong-un was 'reckless'

The aggressive stance is undermined by a carrier still off Australia's coast, 11 days after it was to head to Korea

The USS Carl Vinson will head out within 24 hours, Pentagon officials said - it was supposed to set off April 8

Russia and China have both called on the US to come to a peaceful accord with North Korea

While many in the media have been saying the Carl Vinson was not headed for North Korea, it is pretty clear that the Reagan is already in the area.

Russia and China have so far not been threatened with a nuclear attack by the North Koreans. Since Noth Korea is already in violation of previous agreements their word is of little value if there were some agreement to be struck.

Instead of steaming toward the Korean Peninsula as President Trump had said, the Carl Vinson strike group was actually headed in the opposite direction to take part in “scheduled exercises” more than 3,000 miles away.

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